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...enough left over to reduce the federal budget deficit. Ever since the campaign, when Clinton first floated this claim, budget experts have derided it as a "free lunch" approach. But now the President has backed it up with tough choices on spending -- choices that might prove politically impractical or diminish the quality of health care, but which at least demonstrate his seriousness...
Meanwhile, the political upheaval scares off foreign investors. The government's failure to return all the properties unjustly confiscated by the Sandinistas and to diminish Sandinista influence on policy has also put off some aid donors, most notably the U.S. During the first two years of Chamorro's term, Washington gave nearly $1 billion in grants, loans and forgiven debt. But in July the Senate voted to cut off $94 million in aid, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation of Nicaraguan army and < intelligence ties to international terrorists. The House will soon decide whether to follow suit...
...department under fire for being deeply politicized and ethically challenged, drifting past successive scandals from B.C.C.I. to Iraqgate, employees consider her their best chance at redemption. Reno has, says an observer from Capitol Hill, "established a certain air of integrity that is emanating from that department. You cannot diminish the value of having the head of the Justice Department being recognized nationally for strength, integrity and honesty. That is certainly something that has not happened at Justice for the past 12 years. It's real corny, but it's real important...
...convey both the essence of the individuals and the collective character of their place and time. In a century when fiction and journalism have been filching each other's virtues -- the authenticity of truth, the order and purposefulness of storytelling -- Smith has found a technique that does not diminish either. It also serves political aims. "By changing from one person to another, I show that change is possible," she explains. "And the fact that I am a black woman speaking for other ethnicities and for men raises the useful question of who is entitled to speak about what...
...benefits to diversity are manifold and important. By interacting with classmates of different backgrounds, students gain important perspectives and greater tolerance. Women and minority role models strengthen students' self-esteem and diminish the perception and reality of an "old boys' network." Underrepresented groups gain greater opportunities...